Michelangelo (1475-1564) Busto di giovane (Bust of a Youth and Caricature Head of an Old Man, Both in Left Profile) c.1530 Black chalk on tan laid paper, 18.3 × 12.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton During the 1520s and early…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (Comical Repast, Banquet of the Starved) c.1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 145.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The current title of this painting reflects the two names it was given…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Théâtre de masques (Theatre of Masks) 1908 Oil on canvas, 72 x 86 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Masks, both diabolic and caricaturesque, are one of the principal motifs found throughout the entire artistic output of the Belgian painter James…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Tribulations de Saint Antoine (Tribulations of Saint Anthony) 1887 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 167.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’intrigue (The Intrigue) 1890 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 149 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Spalliera o “cielo di letto” con storie degli amori di Giove e grottesche (Backrest or “bed sky” with stories of Jupiter’s loves and grotesques) 1572 Oil on panel Museo del Bargello, Firenze
(1809–1852) Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Works: • Abende auf dem Gutshof bei Dikanka (German) • Arabesken, Prosaschriften, Rom (German) • Briefwechsel I (German) • Briefwechsel II (German) • Cossack Tales (English) • Dead Souls (English) • Demonien ruhtinatar…
Fellini’s Casanova Director: Federico Fellini Producer: Alberto Grimaldi Screenplay: Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi Based on: Histoire de ma vie by Giacomo Casanova Genre: Biography | Drama | Fantasy | Grotesque | Historical Music: Nino Rota Country: Italia Language: Italian, German Studio: Titanus…
The new monsters (English-language version: Viva l’Italia!) Directors: Dino Risi | Ettore Scola | Mario Monicelli Producers: Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli Screenplay: Agenore Incrocci & others Genre: Comedy | Grotesque | Satire Music: Armando Trovajoli Country: Italia Language: Italian Studio: Titanus Release date:…
The Monsters Director: Dino Risi Producer: Mario Cecchi Gori Screenplay: Agenore Incrocci & others Genre: Comedy | Grotesque | Satire Music: Armando Trovajoli Country: Italia | France Language: Italian Studio: Titanus Release date: 1963 Running time: 115 minutes Ugo Tognazzi (1922-1990) Vittorio Gassman (1922-2000) See…